271117 – walking

From the citadel to the boulevard, urban history includes a wide array of theories and practices, whose aims include making crowds and individuals legible — addressable, shapeable — from above. Nevertheless, the regulation of the city, and questions of space — such as the control of public space — extend to less visible structures and relations as a variety of abstractions, codes, and law.

quote source: Friedrich Kittler - The City Is a Medium, New Literary History 27 (4): 717–29. 1996.